Star profile
HIP 85147
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 85147
In Ara, the southern altar, burns a blue B-type star whose light set out around the year 576, in the final breaths of late antiquity. Far hotter, more massive and more luminous than the Sun, it radiates with the clean intensity that only very young stars possess. Almost fifteen centuries of travel separate its apparent birth from the moment its glow finally reaches a human pupil.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 85147 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is June, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never rises above the horizon.
- From New York it never rises above the horizon.
- From Sydney it never sets and culminates about 61° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 27° N.
It ranks no. 24 in brightness among the 43 stars of Ara in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Ara, the brightest: it lies about 7° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 1,400 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 85147
- Constellation
- Ara
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.69
- Distance
- 1449.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 261.004° · Dec -62.864°
- Catalogue
- HIP 85147 · HD 156838
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Other stars in Ara
Ara has 43 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Beta Ara2.84
- Alpha Ara2.84
- Zeta Ara3.12
- HIP 817335.62
- HIP 831875.64
- HIP 873145.68
- HIP 854705.72
- HIP 835355.73